September 24, 2009
No CommentsHow to Solve the Maclaurin Series
Description
A detailed tutorial on the solving of a Maclaurin series. Step by step tutorial including several examples of how to solve a Maclaurin series for reference.
Overview
A Maclaurin series is a Taylor series that is centered at zero instead of one of the other numbers. A Taylor series is a representation of a function as an infinite sum calculated from the values of its derivatives at a single point. A Maclaurin series can be expressed like this:
The only difference is that a Maclaurin series will be centered at the point zero. Many Maclaurin series, specifically e to the x, can easily be memorized so solving by a chart would not be necessary.
